> It looks like a glass sphere held in the center of a small equatorial > sundial. The image of the sun focuses to a point at some short > distance away from the surface of the glass sphere. Held in place > at this distance away from the glass and following the curve of > the sphere is a piece of waxpaper against a dark background. > When the sun shines, the waxpaper is scorched. When the sun > is behind the clouds, it is not scorched. The result is a recording of the > amount of sunshine seen at that location on that day.
There's one listed at: http://www.inta.net.au/js/Meteorology.html